Container for incandescent mantles.



H. G. PLIMPTON.

CONTAINER FOR INGANDESOENT MANTLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1909.

962,384, Patented June 21,1910.

HARRY C. PLIMPTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SINGLE SERVICE PACKAGE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CONTAINER FOR INCANDESCENT MANTLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. PLIMProN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for Incandescent Mantles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to retainers for holding and shipping incandescent mantles, and has for its object to produce a package that will be effective for this purpose, and at a much less cost than those now in general use.

To this end the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals refer to like parts in all the views: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package made in accordance with my invention, and showing the mantle in place; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a package provided with an inverted cup shaped bottom closure; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a package provided with deeper notches in its top end than those of the receding figures, and having a cup shape flanged closure with the disk of the cup flush with the lower end of the tubular body portion; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the container shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is a detail of a top closure similar to that shown in Fig. 3, but provided with a cushioning packing above the mantle.

1 represents a tubular body portion which may be either spirally wound or convolutely wound.

2 represents a slip cover adapted to tightly fit the body portion 1, and 3 represents open notches extending downwardly from the extreme upper edge 4 of the body portion. Into these notches 3 fit the lugs 5 carried by the refractory ring 6 from which the mantle 7 is supported, as will be readily understood. The mantle 7 as illustrated, is held Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 22, 1909.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 519,081.

away from the inner wall surface of the body portion 1 by means of the lugs 5, and the bottom of the package is located a suiiicient distance below the bottom 8 of the mantle as to prevent the mantle from touching the same. The flange 9 of the slip cover 2 accurately fits over the extreme outer ends 10 of the lugs 5, and in the form shown in Fig. 1, the disk 11 of said cover also fits down upon the top surface of said lugs 5, so that the mantle 7 is securely held in place and cannot be displaced during shipment, so long as the package is closed and remains intact.

The inverted cup bottom closure, shown in Fig. 2, has some advantages, in that the disk 13 thereof is removed from the lower edge 14 of the body portion, and therefore said disk is not liable to collapse when the package is placed upon a wet support or shelf. On the other hand, the bottom closure 15, shown in Fig. 3 has the advantage of making a very neat looking package, and of being cheaply made in that the disk can be readily forced into position through the top end by machinery, and at the same time that the notches 8 are out through the top portion.

Instead of making the notches 3 of the same depth as the lugs 5, they may be made of a greater depth as shown in Fig. 3,thereby providing a space 16 above said notches. In such case a suitable filling disk 17 may be inserted above said lugs 5, and the top closure made to closely fit said disk and hold the mantle in place, as above described. Instead ofa packing disk 17 located above the lugs 5, a suitable cushioning packing 18 may be provided, as shown in Fig. 5, in which case the action of the closing disk 2 will be the same as that described in connection with Fig. 3, except the mantle will be more resiliently held.

In all the forms it will be observed that I do away with the extra tube or ring that is usually inserted in packages of this nature to hold these mantles and thereby do away with the expense that accompanies the making and placing of said part inside the tubular body portion 1.

It will be observed furthermore that the tubular body portion 1 may be either provided with the notches 3 at the time the bottom closure is inserted, or said notches 3 may be cut at the same operation which severs the tube 1 into suitable lengths for making the package, thereby reducing the cost of this package to a minimum.

It is preferred in all the forms to provide a label 25, and to extend the same up above the notches 3, as indicated in the figures, and thereby protect the extreme ends 10' of the lugs 5 against the drawing or rubbing action of the flange 9 when the cover is removed. The extension of this label forms a pocket so to speak inte which the extreme ends 10 of said lugs fit, and therefore, said lugs being fragile, are not liable to be broken in opening and closing the package.

It is, of course, obvious that the package is not limited to incandescent mantels, but could be used for shipping any other suit able article.

What I claim is:

1. In a package for incandescent mantles providedwith supporting lugs, the combination of a body portion having a plurality of notches in its top edge which said lugs are adapted to fit; a label extending to said edge and covering said notches and the ends of said lugs; and a slip cover provided with a flange adapted to encircle the said label and the outer ends of said lugs, substantially as described. v p

2. In a package for incandescent mantles provided with a ring and suppor'ting lugs the combination of a tubular body portion adapted to receive said ring and of a diameter sufficiently great to leave a space between said ring and the inner surface of'said body portion; said body portion also provided with open notches extending from its extreme upper edge and adaptedto fit said lugs; and a slip cover provided with a flange and a disk portion, the flange adapted to surround the outer ends of said lugs and to frictionally engage the outer surface of said body portion, substantially as described.

3. In a package for incandescent mantles provided with a ring and supporting lugs, the combination of a tubular body portion adapted to receive said ring and of a diameter sufliciently great to leave a space between said ring and the inner surface of said body portion; said body portion also provided at its top end with open notches extending from its extreme upper edge and adapted to fit said lugs; a label covering said body portion and said notches; a slip cover provided with a flange and a disk portion the flange adapted to surround the outer ends of said lugs and to frictionally engage the outer surface of saidbody portion and the bottom end of said body portion provided with a flanged disk closure fitting inside said end, substantially as described.

4. In a package for incandescent mantles provided with ring and supporting lugs,

the combination of a tubular body portion adapted to receive said ring and of a diameter suflidenu great to leave a space be: tween said ring and the inner surface of said body portion; said body portion also provided with open notches extending from its extreme upper edge deeper than but adapted to fitsaid lugs; a cover provided with a disk and a flange the flange adapted to surround the outer ends of said lugs and to frictionally engage the outer surface of said body portion; a packing between said disk portion and said lugs,and a flanged. disk closure for and flush with the bottom of said body portion substantially, as described.

In testimony whereof, I a'flix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. I v

p H. G. PLIMPTON.

Witnesses:

H. C. RODGERS, CI-IAs. K. WINsLow. 

